Socket 775 Upgrade for PC Media Server

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Socket 775 upgrade for PC Media Server
I have a media server that I made out of an existing Gigabyte P31 motherboard. It only allows 4GB Memory. Right now it just fileserves and sorts media into correct folders. It has 4 3TB Drives, which I am about to upgrade to 4TB Drivers. It is currently using an Core 2 Duo E6400 which is somewhat underpowered. I am hoping for enough power to run my Plex Server from this machine instead of running it through my desktop which has an i5 2550K processor.

I was able to secure a QX6700 Core 2 Extreme chip for $30 which should triple the power of the CPU currently in place. I am wondering if I should replace the motherboard at the same time. I have two other Socket 775 motherboards a MSI P7-NGM Digital which is a microATX board but has onboard video and an ASUS P5QTurbo which is a full size ATX board. Both boards allow up to 16GB of memory instead of the 4 I am stuck with with the Gigabyte board, and each have either 6 Sata Ports (MSI) or 7 Sata Ports (Asus). I have a pcie raid card running as JBOD.

Is it worth changing the motherboard out with one of these alternatives? My current system works. I guess the only question is how much will I really gain with increased memory. The PC/Media Server runs Windows 7 Ultimate. Any advice would be appreciated.
 
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In essence with servers, for each TB of data pulls up about 1GB of memory so 16GB of ram would be what you need for 16TB of storage. In retrospect your boards may be suited for the LGA775 platform but you need to understand that they are running off of the very well aged DDR2 platform and at this current state of affairs you're going to have a tough tie finding DDR2 4GB modules rated for 1066MHz operation.

You will commonly find DDR2 800MHz 4GB @ 1.8v~2.0v sticks but mind you when populating all the slots, the Northbridge will be under stress so you're going to need to cool that too. Do note, the Asus P45 chipset board will require a dedicated GPU to get display out.

If you can, source a cheap LGA775 DDR3 board and populate the slots...
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In essence with servers, for each TB of data pulls up about 1GB of memory so 16GB of ram would be what you need for 16TB of storage. In retrospect your boards may be suited for the LGA775 platform but you need to understand that they are running off of the very well aged DDR2 platform and at this current state of affairs you're going to have a tough tie finding DDR2 4GB modules rated for 1066MHz operation.

You will commonly find DDR2 800MHz 4GB @ 1.8v~2.0v sticks but mind you when populating all the slots, the Northbridge will be under stress so you're going to need to cool that too. Do note, the Asus P45 chipset board will require a dedicated GPU to get display out.

If you can, source a cheap LGA775 DDR3 board and populate the slots with the cheapest DDR3 kit you can find but in retrospect, the cost of a 16GB DDR3 1600MHz kit will cost the same as a DDR2 kit albeit with warranty. It also seems you can go for a latter platform for much cheaper.

List of boards:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5P43TDUSB3/
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5P43TD_PRO/
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5E3_PRO/
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5N64_WS_Professional/
^ The latter boards require a dedicated GPU.

If you could shoot us a budget perhaps we could shoot you a suggestion for a compact and power efficient build since the LGA775 are known to be power hungry. In short, a new build would serve you good with a Skylake build.
 
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